Moving-eye figure.



- 0. M. DALY & G. A WE IDH A AS.

I movme EYE FIGURE.

APiLIOATION FILED mm. as, 1912.

1,061,965; -v Patemma 13, 1913.

tion on the line 23 UNITED "strnrns PATENT orator.

CHARLES M. DALY AND GUSTAVE A. WEIDHAAS, OF NEW YOBlX, N. Y.

MOVING-EYE FIGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 13, 1913.

Application filedDecei-nber 23, 1912. Serial No. 738,192.

7 '0 all "LO/LU), it may concern:

Be it known that we (humans M. l)ALY and (insure A. \Vnmnmts, citizens otthe l nited .f-Ztates, and residents of New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county ot New York and State ot. New York, have. invented certain new and useful-improvements in Moving-l lye Figures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in moving-eve figures, and involves certain novel features in the eyes and also in the means t-m ')loyed for giving movement to the eyes.

In our improved construction we so mount the eyes that they are capable of rotation about separate parallel axes substantially at right armies to the general plane of the race. ot' the lig'ure and preferably in alinement with the center of each eye. The novel fez ture of the eyes themselves involves the forming of the pupils and iris at one side ol the center of the eyeball or in other words errentizic in respect. to the axis of rotation ol? the eyeball. Thus when the eyes are rotated about their axes the pupils will travel in patlist-onccntric with said axis and produce an interesting and attractive etl'ect.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing l'orming' a part of this specilict lion in which similar reference tflitll'tltilGI'S indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

l ie'ure l is a lace view of a doll havin; the eyes constructed in accordance with our in vention; Fin. 2 is a vertical transverse sec- ;3 of Fig. i). and Fig. 23 is a horizontal section through a portion of the head showing one l'orurol' mechanism lot operating the eyes,

We have illustrated our invention as ap-- plied to the eyes ol"a doll but it is evident that the invention is equally applicable in connection .with any lip'ure representinga persom bird, animal or grotesque image, and therefore, we wish it understood that of the lignro illnst rated the invention resides solely in the eyes and means tor giving-them the. desired movement.

In the sperilic construction illustrated the head it) is formed as a hollow casing and may be made of any material desired. The face has two eyes It and 12 which instead of being elliptical are approximately hemispherical or at least are symmetrical in spent to the axes at right angles to the general plane of .the face. Each eye has an iris l and pupil l4- t'ormed thereon at oneside ot' the center thereof so that the figure gives the appearance of looking upwardly,downwardly or at one side. The two eyes are mounted upon parallel shafts or pivots 15 and it) which extend back into the head sulostantially at right angles to the plane of the face. The two shafts may be mounted in any suitable manner as for instance upon two transverse braces 17 and 18 which may also serve to prevent. longitudinal movement of said shafts or pivots 1.3 and 16. Any suitable means may be employed for rotating these shafts or pivots and we do not desire to limit ourselves to any specific construction for this purpose. The mechanism employed may serve to rotate the eyes simultaneously in the same direction so as to keep them in phase or the mechanism may permit of an independent rotation of the eyes.

Preferably we employ the mechanism shown which includes an intermediate shaft it) also supported in the two braces 17 and.

18 and having a gear wheel 20 meshing with gears 21 and 22 of equal size on the two shafts, so that when the intermediate shaft 19 is rotated both of the other two shafts may be rotated in the same direction and at the same. speed. Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the center shaft ll) but preferably there is employed a pulley 2 over which a cord 24 extends. The cord may have one end extend down through the body and properly secured so that it may be pulled by squeezing the sides ot the body or moving any part thereof, or it may emerge from the back of the body so that. it may be directly pulled upon. For returning the eyes to a normal position the opposite end of the cord may be connected to a spring as shown in Fig. 2, or there may be employed a spring 25, having engagement with one of the cross braces, for instance the brace 18, and with the pulley or drum 23 as shown in Fig. 3. This spring may serve to hold the pulley in a predetermined position and the cord may be secured to-the pulley so that the pulley may rotate one or more times by pullingon the cord.

Having thus described our invention what; we claim as new and desire to secure by l letters Patent is 'lJA figure having a face, eyes visible thrdugrh openings in the latter and having papils'eccentrically disposed in respect to t me, an

the visible portion of said eyes and means for moving said eyes to cause said pupils I respect to the axes of rotation.

tfA figure having eyes substantially hemispherical in fprm and having the pupil of each eye disposed adjacent one edge thereof and means for rotating said eyes about substantially parallel axes.

A figure having eyes bearing pupils adjacent the edges thereof and means for simultaneously rotating said eyes in the same direction about substantially parallel axes'at an angle to the general plane of the face.

6. A figure haying eyes substantially circular in vertical section and having the 7. A figure having eyes bearing eccentri-' cally disposed pupils, substantially parallel shafts supporting said eyes and extending rearwardly therefrom and means for rotating said shafts simultaneously and in .the same direction.

8. A figure having eyes bearin eccentrically disposed pupils, substantially parallel shafts supporting said eyes, an intermediate shaft, gear Wheels connecting said shafts to insure their simultaneous rotation and means connected to said intermediate shaft for rotating the latter. I

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 20th day of December A. D. 1912.

CHARLES M. DALY. -GUSTAVE A. 'WEIDHAAS.

1 \Vitnesses:

C. WV. FAIRBANK, FLORENCE LEVIEN. 

